Back in the day, the right in this country continuously banged the hysteria drum that our very existence was in serious peril because the Russians had promised to bury us. This paranoia seriously distorted our foreign policy and military spending. The catastrophe of Viet Nam was the direct result of this demagoguery. The truth was that Russian communism was always doomed to implode because a central control society is horrifically inefficient and we wasted our blood and treasure fighting a fantasy. By comparison, Putin's Russian is a pathetic shadow of the old Soviet Union. His economy is smaller and less diverse and weaker that Italy's. He is the mouse that roared.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare
They aren’t the old SU, but they still have plenty of gas in the tank.
Link: https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=russia
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You are as delusional as the interventionists you oppose.
Russians would not tolerate the sight of body bags coming back from a war with their cousins... especially when their economy is imploding.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbe9nhkxyC8
You really assume a lot in yer pronouncements.
Fact is they are in the top three militarily in the world.
They are hostile to us and still still smarting from the drubbing they got as the SU.
Need to keep them at arms length and deter their expansionism. Of course that worked before, so no need to emulate correct?
And their hackers are rank amateurs. Forgot to VPN, not encrypting communications, having their machines compromised by the NSA...
You are correct, the red scare is way overblown, history repeating itself.
They should be easy pickings no, to keep in check?
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Mic drop.
Socialism/communism doesn't old Russia back as much anymore. But, Russia is like Mexico, in that crime and corruption prevent a potentially great country from becoming a true powerhouse.
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Heh.
Guess that bare chested, horseback riding, tiger wrestling schtick is not as erotic as Putin imagines.